What does the natural world tell us about God? - Evolution - TouchPoints

Genesis 1:1-27God said, “Let there be light,” . . . Then God said, “Let the land sprout with vegetation – every sort of seed-bearing plant, and trees that grow seed-bearing fruit.” . . . Then God said, “Let great lights appear in the sky to separate the day from the night. Let them mark off the seasons, days, and years.” . . . Then God said, “Let the waters swarm with fish and other life. Let the skies be filled with birds of every kind.” . . . Then God said, “Let the earth produce every sort of animal.” . . . Then God said, “Let us make human beings…”

The enormity of the universe – now believed to contain at least one hundred billion galaxies, each with one hundred billion stars – reveals a God who is powerful. The complexity of life – the hundreds of amino acids needed to form a protein molecule, the hundreds of protein molecules needed to form one cell, and the miraculous double-helix DNA molecule that encodes all the information necessary for living cells to be maintained and reproduced – it all points to a God intelligent beyond human understanding. The multitude of forces, elements and precise conditions necessary for life to exist on earth point not to a cosmic accident, but to a God who deliberately created the world, and created it for a reason – to enter into a relationship with his created beings. Creation speaks of a God who is both infinitely powerful and infinitely loving.